WORKCOVER NSW has issued a warning to employers and workers who work outdoors to protect themselves from the sun this summer.
WorkCover NSW has taken moves to harmonise state occupational health and safety systems by recognising OH&S induction qualifications that are obtained in South Australia.
A RECYCLING company has been fined $140,000 in the NSW Industrial Court after a boundary wall collapsed into a car park at Taren Point in South Sydney.
VISY Paper has been fined $140,000 after a boundary wall collapsed in a car park in south Sydney, narrowly missing a woman and her son.
THE OCCUPATIONAL Health and Safety Regulation 2001 is now applicable to NSW mining workplaces and coal mines, after a legislative amendment came into effect on 1 September 2008.
WORKCOVER NSW has reminded the construction industry of the need to follow adequate safety precautions when working with tower cranes.
WORKCOVER NSW says the incidence rate of workplace injuries across the State is below the national average.
A WEST Hoxton man has been fined $2400 and ordered to repay $15,589 to WorkCover NSW, after he was found to have continued working while receiving Workers Compensation payments.
WORKCOVER NSW has published a safety alert regarding the use of excavators in or near water, following a workplace fatality when an excavator tipped over while working in a creek, trapping the operator within.
WORKCOVER NSW has announced the immediate availability of a report from the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC) for the transport industry.